The Tiwi Islands are located 80km to the north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Started work on a ceramcis program
in 1976 and continues to this day with second generation of potters.
On the Persian gulf in the Middle East where in 1990 preliminary work was carried out on the development of a ceramic industry
to produce containers for the export of frankinsense..
I worked in PNG for three years from 1998 helping to re-establish the Small scale Mining Branch of the Dept of Mining. setting
up an education program for mining professionals as well as the widespread small scale mining
industry.
Over a couple of years I was casually involved in the Mine closure plan for the kelian gold mine in Kalimantan. I worked
with the small scale mining community and their relationship to the rehabilitation of the
mine site.
2005-6 I spent in central Australia working for Ernabella Arts helping to transfer ownership to local people of the ceramics
workshop. this has extended into assisting to build relationships with other remote indigenous
ceramic workshops